Extra Blank Verse Flashcards
1
Q
Rose to popularity during the
A
Renaissance
2
Q
Who was he inventor of blank verse in England
A
Henry Howard
3
Q
John Milton employed blank verse in
A
Paradise lost
4
Q
There is a decline in presence of blank verse in American poetry in twentieth century
This is due to popular opinion to several factors
A
Shift towards plain speech
Journalism’s influence triggered a preference for more direct and simple speech and elaborate sentence structure came to be looked at as tedious and verbose
5
Q
Misconception that it has to contain ? And be obviously ? Has caused many to
A
Hard stresses / rhetorical / to disregard the form due to its perceived rigidity
